MICHauto News

• The Chamber’s Rob Luce Discusses The 2013 Michigan Automotive Summit and Michigan’s Automotive Industry With The Michigan Business Network

  Michigan Business Network: October 27, 2013 The Chamber’s Rob Luce, Program Manager for MICHauto, was on the Michigan Business Network to discuss the opportunities ahead for the state’s automotive sector, and how MICHauto and the Michigan Automotive Summit are working to provide a unified voice for the industry.

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• Special Edition: Inaugural Michigan Automotive Summit a Success, Attracts More than 400 Industry Leaders

  Starting with a keynote address from Governor Rick Snyder and concluding with a meet-and-greet with the state’s new automotive adviser, Nigel Francis, MICHauto’s inaugural Michigan Automotive Summit was a resounding success. The daylong event held at the newly renovated Cobo …

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• MICHauto emerges as economic development force for state auto industry (with video)

  Detroit Free Press: September 24, 2013

  One of the first things Sandy Baruah noticed about Michigan before he was named CEO of the Detroit Regional Chamber in 2010 was the lack of a unified voice for the state’s automotive industry.

  “There wasn’t one organization in Michigan speaking on behalf of Michigan, and other states had these very organized delegations,” said Baruah, who worked in the Bush administration when General Motors and Chrysler hit rock bottom in the fall of 2008.

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• MICHauto Annual Meeting Addresses Engineering Shortage and Business Climate in Michigan

  On Thursday, January 10, preceding the second Annual MICHauto Meeting and Reception, MICHauto hosted 11 Michigan-based automotive supplier executives and 3 representatives from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and the Center for Automotive Research to discuss Michigan’s automotive industry …

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• Sandy Baruah on The Frank Beckmann Show

  WJR: January 23, 2013

  Chamber President and CEO Sandy Baruah talked with WJR’s Frank Beckmann at the 2013 North American International Auto Show about MICHauto, the auto industry, and Belle Isle.

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• Sandy Baruah on The Craig Fahle Show

  WDET: January 17, 2013

  Chamber President and CEO Sandy Baruah talks with WDET’s Craig Fahle about the 2013 NAIAS, MICHauto, and what Detroit would be like without the auto show.

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• 6 key aspects of the strength of Michigan’s auto industry, as illustrated in Detroit Regional Chamber report

  MLive.com – January 10, 2013

  DETROIT, MI – A common misperception among Michiganders is that the state’s stalwart automotive industry is in decline, Detroit Regional Chamber President and CEO Sandy Baruah told a crowd at the Detroit Athletic Club Thursday night.

  Quite the opposite is true, Baruah said, as the Chamber’s MICHauto economic accelerator released its annual “Michigan is Auto” report, which underscores the strength of the state’s storied automotive sector.

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• Michigan is Auto

  On January 10, MICHauto hosted its 2nd Annual Meeting and Reception and released the Michigan is Auto report, a substantive analysis of the automotive assets and resources that continue to make Michigan the global epicenter of the industry and the …

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